Legendary Rutgers baseball coach Fred Hill dies

Legendary Rutgers baseball coach Fred Hill, who led the program for 30 seasons, has died at the age of 84.

Hill was the head coach at Rutgers from 1984-2013, recording 941 career victories with the Scarlet Knights. He also guided the program to eight NCAA World Series appearances. Under his leadership, Rutgers won eight conference tournament titles (five A-10, three Big East) and 12 regular season conference championships (eight A-10, 4 Big East).

Before coaching at Rutgers, Hill spent seven seasons as the head baseball and football coach at Montclair State.

Rutgers mourns the passing of Fred Hill. The Hall of Fame coach and person led the Scarlet Knights for 30 years and meant so much to so many.